Consecutive complex aggregation pathway in covalent helical polymer-metal complexes: nanospheres with controlled P/M macroscopic chirality

Kinetically trapped and thermodynamic nanospheres with opposite macroscopic P/M chirality and opposite circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) can be obtained from a single helical polymer-metal complex under the same environmental conditions. To prepare these nanospheres, a chiral poly(diphenylacet...

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Autores: Tarrío, Juan José, Hermida, Borja, Rodríguez Riego, Rafael, Crassous, Jeanne, Quiñoá Cabana, Emilio, Freire Iribarne, Félix Manuel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)
Repositorio:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:minerva.usc.gal:10347/41164
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10347/41164
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Chirality
CPL
Dynamic Macroscopic
Helical Polymer-metal Complexes
Nanospheres Consecutive Mechanism
2306 Química orgánica
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Sumario:Kinetically trapped and thermodynamic nanospheres with opposite macroscopic P/M chirality and opposite circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) can be obtained from a single helical polymer-metal complex under the same environmental conditions. To prepare these nanospheres, a chiral poly(diphenylacetylene) (PDPA) [poly-(L)-1] with a large energy barrier between the P and M helical senses is chosen as source of chirality, while Ba2+ metal ions are selected as crosslinking agents. As a result, the poly-(L)-1/Ba2+ complex can generate both kinetically trapped (Agg1, M nanospheres) and thermodynamic (Agg2, P nanospheres) aggregates, which can be dispersed in the same solvent. Due to the high energy barrier of the helix inversion process for poly-(L)-1, the complete evolution from the kinetically trapped aggregate (Agg1, M nanospheres) to the thermodynamic one (Agg2, P nanospheres) takes more than 75 days at room temperature, which can be accelerated at higher temperatures. These nanospheres are stable and remain dispersed in solution for up to 8 months without further aggregation.